Saturday, October 19, 2013

I really have missed Once Upon A Sketch, so I thought I would try to play along with this months challenge. The sketch is beautiful and the journaling theme is "journey". I thought it would be perfect to scrap Jenna's maternity pics! If you haven't played along at OnceUponASketch, you really should, the inspiration is amazing and there are some AWESOME prizes!

Here is the sketch for this challenge:

Now here is my entry:

I used the Kaleidoscope template and ramdomly chalked some white around the elements. I inked the edges of the yellow paper with blue chalk ink and added a liquid pearl accents. The little balloon is Imaginarium Designs. I embossed it and added little pearl accents as well, then added a star sticker and twine.

I took one of the Fancy Pants buttons and added a miniature rose and twine!

Just a few more close-ups.

I made a little flower cluster with Prima "Got Flowers" and some Imaginarium leaves. I tied a little twine bow to finish it off.

I added foam dots for dimension behind the middle photo. The alpha stickers were white, so I used black alcohol ink on them.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Welcome to the Inspired by Stamping and WorldWin Papers Holiday Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from the WorldWin Papers Blog.

Christmas season is all about gift giving, and this hop is no exception. We have planned a very sweet giveaway for a lucky winner. To be eligible for the giveaway, please visit each blog in the list, grabbing the "letter" code as you go. Once you've landed on our last blog, which is the Inspired by Stamping blog, you will leave a comment with the secret phrase created by putting together all of those letters that you collected from each blog. Winners of the giveaway will be announced on October 23rd on both the WorldWin Papers and Inspired by Stamping blogs.

The designers have worked hard to produce all of these fantastic creations, and we would like to invite you to leave some comments on their individual blogs as well.

. I have 4 inspired by Tim Holtz Christmas tags to share with you for the hop! These were so much fun to make! The IBS stamp sets were so cute and so easy to work with!!! I used a mix of 3 sets (shown below) for these tags. I used WorldWin Kraft cardstock for the tag base. I then used ColorMates white for the stamping.

Build A Snowman

Dec. 25th Labels

Holiday Expressions

Your next stop will be Gini Williams Cagle's blog. Please make sure to stop by each designers blog, I'm sure you will be inspired! And don't forget to collect all of the secret letters. And don't forget......my letter is:

Thursday, October 17, 2013

The theme for last month was "decadence" but I missed it, so I'm using my project for this month's post! I wasn't quite sure how to interpret this theme but when I hear the word decadence I think of "over indulgence". But looking up the actual meaning it has to do with the decline of morality also. So this is just my personal take!!!

There is a lot of embossing on this page! The frame and mat around the photo, the chippie dressform and corset, and even the lace! I used lots of "Desert Sands" on this page.

Here you can see the bottom of the photo frame, I used Primary Ebony Ultra High and Silver regular powder mixed. Then on the ornate chippie frame (Imaginarium Designs) I used Metallic Gold Rich Ultra High powder. The blooms are Prima.

Here you see Dressform (Imaginarium Designs). On this I used Desert Sands Gobi. And on the hanger part of it I just used more Metallic Gold Rich Regular.

Here you see the lace, which I covered with embossing ink and then sprinked with the Desert Sands Sahara powder, it's so pretty! And then on the corset (Imaginarium Designs) more of the Sahara powder.

Here you see a little more detail of the lace. It really worked well, and it's so sparkly and pretty!!!

This page was a lot of fun, choosing embellishments and making it kind of loaded up!!! I hope you don't mind that it's a month late for the theme, lol!!! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you liked the layout!

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Hi, it's Patti and I have a coupe ofHalloween cards to share with you today! Donna gave us some gorgeous ribbon this month, and we also got some super cute little stickers and a great spider web die!!! I wanted to do a layout, but I don't have many Halloween pictures and I have scrapped what I do have multiple times, lol! Anyway, here is the first card:

I made a big double loop bow with my Craft-Dee Bowz tool, this made such a pretty bow with the wide sheer ribbon. I did a three loop black one with the smaller ribbon on a smaller size as well.

You can see I added liquid pearl to the diecut frame and then placed my title sticker on that.

I used the cute little spider web die with some silver foil paper and put one in each corner of the card. I placed the larger bow on top left and then the smaller on bottom right!

Here's the second! Purple cardstock back and orange Kromekote embossed center. The sentiment is Anna Griffin. The pattern paper as well. I added the sticker to the bow!!!

These were really simple cards to make, but I think it gives a dramatic look! I had a lot of fun making this one! Please check back to see what else the Design Team has done with these super fun supplies!!!

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Welcome to the Craft-Dee Bowz Blog Hop. This month's theme is Halloween. You should have arrived here from Brenda's blog. If you get lost along the way just refer back to the Craft-Dee Bowz blog, and don't forget to leave one last comment there.To be eligible for the prize you must leave a comment on each blog, but the team is small, so it won't take long and you should see some wonderful creations along the hop!! Now here is my creation.I did a card with some specialty WorldWin Papers Kromekote cardstock. I also used the super cute little die that Donna sent with our package to make the web! I made the lucious orange ribbon with my Craft-Dee Bowz tool and the little black one from the ribbon she provided!! And the little sticker too!!!

I used WorldWin Papers Kromekote paper in Black Lizard, Orange Peel, and Brushed Silver. I embossed the Orange Peel with and Anna Griffin Inc. embossing folder. The sentiment sticker is also Anna Griffin. I added Onyx Liquid Pearl to the title.

The orange bow looks perfect sitting on top of one of the little webs made with a Memory Box die called Creepy Web! It was perfect with the Brushed Silver paper!.

This was a really fun card to do and the Craft-Dee Bowz tool makes it so easy to make gorgeous bows every single time, any size you need!

Your next stop is Barbara's Blog, and thanks so much for joining us!!!

Today I thought I'd share a project that I did for Couture Creations. You can buy their products here in the US through TheCropStop. They have a fantastic variety of embossing folders and dies, along with other embellishments as well. This is a photo of our sweet and precious Grand-Daughter! Our first Grandchild and she is such a blessing! I love this photo of her sleeping.

I layered and used foam tape on this page. I also did some paper folding too. Below you can see that I used the square nesting die in a smaller size to make a mat with ivory cardstock. I put them on a layer of pink and blue cardstock cut into squares and angled. I made a bloom cluster with a blue bow too!

I used the Kaleidascope Heart die and cut three different colors and backed them with ivory cardstock. I layered these for an embellishment.

I used light yellow cardstock and made some little paper folded fans. Tucked them underneath and topped with a little yellow rose.

Here you see the background squares that were done with the Super Powder Puff folder from the Fresh & Fun collection. I then colored in the raised images with light pink, green, blue and yellow Zig markers.

I used a Couture Creations embossing folder, "Hyper Magical", and embossed a light green piece of cardstock. Then embossed several other pieces of Fall colored cardstock and cut out the leaves. I also used a green marker to highlight the other areas. Then glued the leaves on the light green. I used gold ink on the entire image and also added Couture Creations gold gemstones in the little circles.

Make sure that you are part of this "Around the World" card making day by taking part in our CropStop, "Around the World" Blog Hop!! Your next stop is: Vicki's Blog

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